Originally Posted by: ChipShankOh yeah!
Love Savatage! I started playing in the early-mid 80's and was really into a lot of those bands that we affectionately dubbed "Sword-Metal". I am very influenced by the Shrapnel Era shredders of course...but when it really comes down to it...along with Marty Friedman & Chris Poland, these are my main guys...


Thanks for the compliments BTW!
Don

My pleasure! My fave guitarists are Hank Shermann and Michael Denner (Mercyful Fate) Any Laroque and Pete Blakk (King Diamond) Jeff Waters (Annihilator) Alex Skolnick (Testament) and others, so I guess that's sorta old school as well.